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To Die For
Linda Howard, Rs. 232.04

Blair Mallory lives a good life. She's pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving upscale fitness centre. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on her, imitating her style and dress. Then this look-alike is shot dead.

The Broker
John Grisham, Rs. 246.00

In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a controversial last minute pardon to Joel Buckman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years in a federal prison. The President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems that this man may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.

State of Fear
Michael Crichton, Rs. 250.00

In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use off the waters off New Guinea... .And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.

Bookless in Baghdad
Shashi Tharoor, Rs. 350.00


In these essays on books, authors, reviews, critics, literary festivals and India, the author takes us on a delightful journey of discovery. Informed, honest and tongue-in-cheek, these essays will provoke, educate, amuse and divert the reader.

Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton, Rs. 302.25

The authors have created a revolutionary programme to help readers identify their talents, build them into strengths and enjoy consistent, near-perfect performance. Their themes, when combined, can provide an insight into one's core abilities and on how they can be translated into personal and career success.

Wait Until Midnight
Amanda Quick, Rs. 380.38

Adam Hardesty has a serious problem: a diary containing his family's darkest secrets has been stolen and in the course of investigating his would-be blackmailer, he discovers the dead body of a prominent psychic.

Mentoring The `I' Discipline
R. Subramaniam, Rs. 195.00

This book is about the drama of your life. When you are playing the role, you are aware how ell you are performing. Under the guidance of a director you perform the role effectively.

The Rhetoric of English India
Sara Suleri, Rs. 295.00


The most brilliant contribution to postcolonial criticism since Edward Said's Orientalism, this is a masterpiece of calm, well-thought-out, cogent, and inspiring analysis.

A Beggar At The Gate
Thalassa Ali, Rs. 250.00


As Lahore's rose-scented air is rent by political feuding and tension, Mariana Givens must choose between her beloved little stepson and the life, she has always known. A story of love and understanding, of duty and honour, of spirituality and redemption, painted beautifully and vividly with deft soul-strokes. Thalassa Ali's first novel is an exotic historical romance.

The Line Of Beauty
Alan Hollinghurst, Rs. 301.00


It is the summer of 1983, and young Nicek Guest, an innocent in the matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP and his wealthy wife Rachel. Nick slowly becomes caught up in the Feddens' world, while also pursuing his own private obsession with beauty. As good as the English novel gets. Almost every sentence is a thing of beauty and the book as a whole will prove itself a joy forever, the definitive re-imagining of the decade of Thatcher and AIDS.

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